My grandmother, Maria Roy Crepeau. I managed to ‘develop’ this photo from a negative using Corel. It wasn’t easy, I had to scan it at 24,000 dpi with the lid open and then transform it ‘from negative’ and then downsize it to a reasonable size. Very cumbersome. But it worked. There must be an easier way!
I have not started to edit my first rough draft of Flo in the City, based on the letters of http://www.tighsolas.ca/ it being Easter Weekend. I did scope some beautiful photos on Flickr, a French collector with photos form the 1910 era in France. Awesome. I will see if I can post some. I think I can.
I listened to The Now Show, a comedy show on BBC Radio Four where they made fun of Canadian History. It seems the history magazine the Beaver has to change its name, as it is filtered out of schools. The Now Show Gang made the usual jokes. I don’t think Britons think Canada has a history. Neither do most Canadians, either.
The show also featured a comedic rant against a UK politician (Peter Mandelson)who wants to make it illegal to download any song, etc. He wants severe penalties for transgressors. He decided this after a talk with David Geffen, supposedly. The comedian/commentator said that would be like the horse lobby back in 1900 insisting that automobiles wear horseshoes…
His point: When you have made and still make money from the way things were done in the past, you try to make sure no one makes money from the way things will be done in the future, except you. An excellent point. The fact is, the horse lobby, or livery lobby in the UK did try to stop the auto revolution by having the powers that be pass a law to make it illegal for cars to go over 5 miles an hour.
